# Local wifi names! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576 "2019-04-15T14:04:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/21 "2019-04-15T18:56:56Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Where are you? South Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/22 "2019-04-15T19:14:07Z")
Ours used to be “Skynet Global Defense Network” but we moved and got a new router, and not it’s a boring “Baggins” (not really, my surname has been replaced to protect the guilty) I’m thinking of changing it but can’t think of a cool name. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/23 "2019-04-15T19:20:12Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > South Carolina. So then Confederate States of America of America? Edit: or “Army” I guess. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/24 "2019-04-15T19:27:52Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Our neighborhood is totally boring. Just bunch of ATT or Asus or Moto something-or-others. ☹ Same here. It’s a senior park so not unexpected. Couple of 'em are unsecured, too. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/25 "2019-04-15T19:46:11Z")
My router is ChaosManor; the hotspot on my phone is Howl’s Moving Hotspot (inadvertently suggested by my daughter, a big Studio Ghibli fan). My neighborhood favorite, now sadly gone, was Get Off My WLAN — obviously administered by a (wo)man of rare taste. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/26 "2019-04-15T20:02:01Z")
> [@](#): > > My router is ChaosManor Jerry? I thought you were dead! ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/27 "2019-04-15T20:02:32Z")
let’s see, visible are : henke honeypot kronk somethingfun jaquith\_wireleth ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/28 "2019-04-15T20:24:50Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Jerry? I thought you were dead! Rumors of Dr Pournelle’s death are, sadly, not at all premature. (I’m not sure where I first encountered the term, but I didn’t make the association till much later. I just liked the sound, and it was a pretty accurate description of my household situation. Still is, come to think about it.) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/29 "2019-04-15T20:31:53Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I can see one called “SurveillanceVan”. > > Obviously it’s not really a surveillance van. Mine used to be called “FBI Node 1403.b” ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/30 "2019-04-15T20:40:32Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I can see one called “SurveillanceVan”. > > Obviously it’s not really a surveillance van. There’s one of those (WiFi names) in my neighborhood, too – maybe you live near me! I figured nobody would believe there’s an _NSA Surveillance Van_ out there 24x7x365 but I liked the idea and set up a variant called **FCC Monitor 9** Most of the routers near me are generic out-of-the-box names, though. And, since my wife’s work has this odd rule that says they can’t work at home but they can work from a field connection (yet they won’t be reimbursed) I set up a channel called “Starbucks \_\_\_\_\_\_\_” using the franchise number of one in a nearby city. –G! ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/31 "2019-04-15T21:03:24Z")
> [@Grestarian](#): > > And, since my wife’s work has this odd rule that says they can’t work at home but they can work from a field connection (yet they won’t be reimbursed) I set up a channel called “Starbucks \_\_\_\_\_\_\_” using the franchise number of one in a nearby city. How would they know what the SSID is for the WiFi she’s using? I don’t think it would normally be visible unless they have a monitoring program installed on her PC. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/32 "2019-04-15T22:25:52Z")
The one where I live is a boring series of numbers. Really really fast, though. Now, the SSID on my _phone_… For a while I was naming it “Control Point 12A4”, after something I found scrawled on the sidewalk one day. Then I discovered that, on my old phone, I could put emoji in the SSID, and my computer would recognize it. It was then called something like “������������������������️������ ������”. Yes, that’s roughly “Robots take over the world; potato.” ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/33 "2019-04-15T23:17:49Z")
My neighborhood is boring…loads of “[name]Family” and “[name]Family-guest,” along with the usual Spectrums and Netgears. There’s an unsecured network for what appears to be an HP laser printer, and another one that’s just “guest” (I suspect that’s from the poolhouse). We did have “FBI Surveillance Van 2” for a little while, but it has disappeared. Pretty much the only oddball network (other than mine, of course) is “Buffalo Buffalo.” ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/34 "2019-04-16T00:30:53Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > For years my wifi was names my cock since it amused me when I saw the message you are now connected to My Cock and I could make jokes when my friends connected too. Once I moved in with my wife she made me change it to “something family friendly” so now ours is Family Friendly. It was probably wise of you not to change it to “my cock is now family friendly” during the transition. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/35 "2019-04-16T00:37:35Z")
The all time favorite one I saw was “FBI Surveillance Van” My current one is a boring collection of carrier-issued alphanumeric characters. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/36 "2019-04-16T01:07:58Z")
Only three good ones in my neighborhood; neuromancer, which is boring to me internetofbrokenthings, which I find quite charming scaleywhyareyousoold, which suggests there’s a story behind the name, it makes me curious. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/37 "2019-04-16T01:14:01Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > The all time favorite one I saw was “FBI Surveillance Van” We had one of those yesterday in NY state. Guess they get around… ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/38 "2019-04-16T01:14:08Z")
My neighbor has two wifi connections. One is a default and the other is an unsecured “Guest”. It’s nice because our back bedroom sometimes has bad coverage. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/39 "2019-04-16T01:30:07Z")
mines just a bunch of boting one axcept one called "social d rules " named for the band social distortion… odd thing is that might be an old one of mine … ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576/40 "2019-04-16T05:11:33Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > My neighbor has two wifi connections. One is a default and the other is an unsecured “Guest”. It’s nice because our back bedroom sometimes has bad coverage. You are most welcome:cool: 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-wifi-names/832576.md?page=3)